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ganbarodigital/php-defensive
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1.0.1(10y ago)0115.4k↓50%12BSD-3-ClausePHP >= 5.5

Since Jul 22Compare

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3953d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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